Simple way to reach the Templates, and to edit and rename

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I would really like to simply have a button on the left navigation which directly opens a separate page with all the templates. There they can be edited, renamed etc..

As far as I can see, the only way to find the templates is to create a new note and then click on the Templates button. And if you want to edit an existing template you need to make a new note, apply a template and then edit it. And save it again under a new name..

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I'm using Evernote for Mac and I don't know how templates work on Windows. But I guess the same functionality would be requested on Windows as well. I also use evernote on my Android phone, but I haven't found the need to open a new template there yet.

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I would love to see the ability to edit a template. The supplied ones are good but some have great features that when added to another template, would be perfect for the intended purpose. A design your own option would be awesome for iOS iPad penultimate

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You have to be kidding that cannot edit saved templates. This is a must have feature and should be simple to allow. Creating a new note, applying a template, modifying it, saving it under a new name and deleting your original note is absurd. I though this was a program promoting efficiency????

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I'm on the Windows client. You can access the template browser when applying to a new note, and you can rename there, but as far as I can tell there is no way to edit templates? Am I dumb or is this a design flaw? Please give us access to edit templates rather than resaving and deleting. To many extra steps that make the template feature not worth it.

Also, can I ask for a feature request to have tags carry with templates?

Thanks!

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Seriously, the Evernote staff really did not think the use of this feature through if they haven't provided a means to edit existing templates. I am a bit disappointed. I thought the feature would be great.

However, Evernote folks - if there is a way to edit templates - please let us know.

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However, Evernote folks - if there is a way to edit templates - please let us know.

Easy - roll your own. Just save a note somewhere safe / convenient, and when you want a new instance, use the note copy or duplicate functionality to make a copy. In the WIndows client, you can preserve tags when you make a copy.

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Seriously, the Evernote staff really did not think the use of this feature through if they haven't provided a means to edit existing templates. I am a bit disappointed. I thought the feature would be great.

However, Evernote folks - if there is a way to edit templates - please let us know.

What about open as a new note, make amendments and save again as a template ?

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What about open﻿ as a new note, make amendments and save﻿ again as a template﻿ ?﻿﻿

and then you need to delete the old templete ...yes, that is the only way to currently do it. A better option would be to provide a way to directly edit the existing template. As currently implemented I see no advantage to the template feature over the roll your own method we had been using.

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A﻿ better option would be to provide a way to directly edit the existing t﻿em﻿pla﻿te﻿.﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿ As currently implemented I see no advantage to the template feature over the roll your own method we had been using.

On 2/18/2019 at 3:44 AM, loynis.armitage said:

I don't understand how the function to be able to edit your templates can't exist. I would like to have it as well.

As per the above request, Evernote has not implemented a Template editor.
Personally, I have no problem using the standard note editor; (yes, it requires editing a note)

Actually, all my templates are saved as notes; they start as notes and I store them in both formats.

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I like choices too but I don't see why in this case the "simplified" templating function should need to be awful to edit in order to be simple. From my point of view the simplified process can stay the way it is now, with all its advantages. All that is really needed to support the not uncommon use case of editing a template is an option to access the list of templates without having to create a new note and a context menu entry to edit a template without having to create a new note. I don't see how that complicates anything, on the contrary the way it is implemented now is a major complication of the simple process of editing a template.

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I just happened to be reading this older string. For anyone who finds it, editing the templates is really quite easy. Make a note from the existing template. Edit it. Choose ‘Save as Template”.

Sometimes I mess up, and fixing it is beyond obnoxious. It really is quite a pain to have to create a new note, select the template, make the changes, save as a new template (with a new modified name because you can't have two files with the same name) save as a new template.

I love using templates, and most of my notes are structured within a core set of them. It's such a great feature, but not being able to edit the templates outside of this process is hard to understand.

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Sometimes I mess up, and fixing it is beyond obnoxious. It really is quite a pain to have to create a new note, select the template, make the changes, save as a new template (with a new modified name because you can't have two files with the same name) save as a new template.

I love using templates, and most of my notes are structured within a core set of them. It's such a great feature, but not being able to edit the templates outside of this process is hard to understand.

Well, I guess you might find the way I manage my templates to work better. I forego the integrated template database and just keep my templates in a separate notebook called "Templates" and use the Duplicate Note command. There are various ways to make quick access to them, such as adding favourites and setting Favourites Bar as a separate menu at top of screen. I also use Filterize service extensively to automatically apply templates triggered by defined rules. This is an amazing tool, if you're willing to put in time to set it up.